Canada also has four Sikh members of his cabinet: Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains, Minister of Small Business and Tourism Bardish Chagger and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi.

In contrast, there are two Sikh cabinet ministers in the Indian government, according to the Times of India.

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“There’s a very large Sikh community in Canada and they are a politically important block,” said Vivek Dehejia, an economics professor at Carleton University. “Half a million may not sound like much but they are heavily concentrated in Toronto and the Greater Vancouver area and they tend to vote as a block.”